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However, the temporal and regional specificity of such changes and their behavioural consequences are less known. Here we explore the integrity of regional white matter microstructure in infants with<jats:italic>in utero<\/jats:italic>exposure to alcohol, shortly after birth.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924270815000356_abs2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-eight alcohol-exposed and 28 healthy unexposed infants were imaged using diffusion tensor imaging sequences to evaluate white matter integrity using validated tract-based spatial statistics analysis methods. Second, diffusion values were extracted for group comparisons by regions of interest. Differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity were compared between groups and associations with measures from the Dubowitz neonatal neurobehavioural assessment were examined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924270815000356_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lower AD values (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.05) were observed in alcohol-exposed infants in the right superior longitudinal fasciculus compared with non-exposed infants. Altered FA and MD values in alcohol-exposed neonates in the right inferior cerebellar were associated with abnormal neonatal neurobehaviour.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924270815000356_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These exploratory data suggest that prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with reduced white matter microstructural integrity even early in the neonatal period. The association with clinical measures reinforces the likely clinical significance of this finding. 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